1. I don't need to know where they originally started but once they clashed, they covered an equal distance from the scene of the clash.
2. They clashed in the middle, where the smoke in red is boxed (
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3. What prevented Naruto from sidestepping or at the very least properly guarding himself to prevent himself from getting sent flying? Him not being in speed motion doesn't mean he couldn't move at all. Actually it supports Naruto being slower since he wasn't able to move before Madara started to move. Although if Naruto is on guard, I agree he can react to Madara's speed but clearly Madara is the faster one, by what margin, impossible to tell.
4. Yet Naruto's reflexes weren't good enough to dodge Madara.
Madara was focussed on Mei's lava and had just
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, unable to dodge. If it wasn't for shadow clones,
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I need more translations to see what exactly Hashirama was implying, until then, this is all speculation on both of our parts. It's not just about breaking out of the mokuton binding, it is the fact that he managed to regain all the chakra which he had previously lost when Hashirama absorbed it.
Okay your last point is mostly hype, not feats related. I don't want to call you a hypocrite but you do ignore some of Tsunade's hype and give her losses when up against inferior shinobi just because of how you perceive a matchup.